It’s officially INDYCAR race week! The opening race of the 2025 season, the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg presented by RP Funding takes place on Sunday!
Heading into this weekend’s race, we have a new team in PREMA Racing who make their debut on Sunday with Robert Shwartzman and Callum Ilott.
There are drivers in new places, for example, AJ Foyt Racing has brought in David Malukas to partner Santino Ferrucci.
Andretti Global has new ownership with Dan Towriss and TWG MOTORSPORTS taking ownership of the team from Michael Andretti.
Andretti Global has an unchanged lineup with Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood and Marcus Ericsson.
Chip Ganassi Racing has downsized to three full-time cars with Kyffin Simpson in the No.8 Journie Rewards Honda, six-time series champion Scott Dixon in the No.9 PNC Bank Honda and defending series champion Alex Palou in the No.10 DHL Honda.
Team Penske has an unchanged lineup with Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin and Will Power remaining with the team.
Meanwhile, in the operational structure of the team, Tim Cindric has stepped back from the overall leadership of the team but will remain as President of the Team Penske INDYCAR program.
Ed Carpenter Racing has a new driver with Alexander Rossi joining Christian Rasmussen at the team.
Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward and Nolan Siegel are joined by Christian Lundgaard who joins the team from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
At Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Graham Rahal is joined by two new teammates, Louis Foster and Devlin DeFrancesco.
Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist is joined by Marcus Armstrong.
Juncos Hollinger Racing has an all-new lineup with Conor Daly and Sting Ray Robb joining the Speedway, IN based team.
Dale Coyne Racing has a new lineup up with Rinus VeeKay alongside rookie Jacob Abel.
In other off-season news, Jay Frye is out as President of INDYCAR and has been replaced by Indianapolis Motor Speedway President J Douglas Boles.
The opening practice for the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg presented by RP Funding takes place on Friday.